Re: Is it bad putting columns with composite or integer name in CF with ByteType comparator validator ?

2012-11-05 Thread Sylvain Lebresne
You are free to use BytesType if you want, but adding meaningful types has the advantage of adding a checked documentation of what is stored in your CF. Or in other words: - If multiple applications/users access the same CF, it's a documentation on what you can expect to get and what you are

Re: Is it bad putting columns with composite or integer name in CF with ByteType comparator validator ?

2012-11-01 Thread Ertio Lew
Thoughts, please ? On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Ertio Lew ertio...@gmail.com wrote: Would that do any harm or are there any downsides, if I store columns with composite names or Integer type names in a column family with bytesType comparator validator. I have observed that bytesType